Clay County Times-Democrat: Obituaries: Carma Love (Presson) Thomas (11/17/11)

Carma Love (Presson) Thomas, 96, of Piedmont, Mo., formerly of Paragould, died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, at Regional Memorial Hospital in Poplar Bluff.

Born Aug. 3, 1915, in Camden, Tenn., she married Fred Fritts Thomas on May 18, 1935, in Kennett, Mo., and together they farmed in the Mounds Community.

Mrs. Thomas was a member and baptized at the Alexander Baptist Church, Paragould, until she transferred her membership to Tabernacle Baptist Church, Piedmont, when she moved to Missouri in 1994.

Survivors include one daughter, Glenda Sue Allen of Piedmont; two grandchildren, Randy Robinson of Piedmont and Gayla Brinkley of Festus, Mo.; four great-grandchildren, Holly Robinson of Williamsville, Mo., Jo Anna Wilson of Doniphan, Mo., Amy Brinkley of Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Clayton Brinkley of Festus, and two great-great-grandchildren, Paige and Anthony Wilson of Doniphan.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Thomas, in 1980; three sisters, and two brothers.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at Mitchell Funeral Home Chapel in Paragould with Mike Allen officiating. Burial will follow in Woodland Heights Cemetery at Rector.

Visitation will be Thursday from 11 a.m. until service time at Mitchell Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be Randy Robinson, Mike Allen, Clayton Brinkley, James Wilson, John Miles and Jimmy Barr.

Online guestbook: www.mitchellfuneralhomes.com.